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This weekend, Saturday and Sunday, October 17 & 18, we will be out at the Welling Court Mural Project from 10am-6pm and giving 3 tours at 11am, 2pm and 4:30pm. Sticker Social Club will be in effect rocking workshops to help attendees get in touch with their own inner sticker maker. Tons of art viewable and for sale from Welling Court as well as Sticker Social Club artists. Artwork from Welling Court peeps is viewable at our store here.

Celebrating the streets, solidarity, community and culture! Eager to spruce up his neighborhood, Welling Court resident Jonathan Ellis connected with Ad Hoc Art in fall 2009 and they hit it off in great stride. The first Welling Court Mural Project (WCMP) debuted in May 2010 with 40+ murals transforming the neighborhood into a creative celebration and unique public art experience. Now in its 6th year, the WCMP continues to meld a spectacular crew of legendary artists together with a fresh mix of emerging talents. Spanning over 50 years of public work and over 130 murals, the WCMP is one of the best collections of contemporary street culture on earth, all within this hidden gem of NYC; free and open to the public 24/7/365!

As this is a walking tour of a public art project in the streets, bring comfortable shoes and whatever food and beverage you need to stay fed & hydrated. There are several locations around to buy food and beverages. Restrooms are available in local restaurants with patronage of the restaurant.

Saturday & Sunday Tour Info: Tours at 11am, 2, 4:30pm both days with Ad Hoc Art director Garrison Buxton will include discussions on street art and graffiti, as well as interesting information about the artists, the neighborhood, and the project’s evolution. (1 hr)

Come see how artists from around the world continue to unite with artists from the block to create site-specific works, which provide new arrays of visual experiences, changing how people perceive and interact with their environment.

The Welling Court Mural Project, based in Astoria, Queens, NY, has been a labor of love by many in support of street art, graffiti and other boundary-pushing art imagery and forms. At the invitation of the local community, the Project was created in 2009 by Ad Hoc Art, a creative enterprise run by two Oklahoma natives, Garrison and Alison Buxton. Together, with the help of many others from the community and beyond, this project grows each year and receives a wide range of interest and acclaim, from the likes of The New York Times, US News and World Report, Huffington Post, NBC Universal, NY1, HyperAllergic, Brooklyn Street Art, 12oz Prophet, and others. Beginning with 40 murals the first year to over 130 in 2015, it is one of the best collections of street art and graffiti in the world.

Artists from around the country and the world take part in the WCMP, including fellow Oklahoman artists Kris Kanaly and Marcy Cordell, who have participated and helped out the last few years. They expressed that they wished a mural project like Welling Court to be in their communities. By creating more dialog and getting forward-thinking people together, we can help take steps in that direction and bring more public art to more communities around the country and the world. Ad Hoc Art is excited to bring imagery from an incredible cross section of artists who span the rich history of graffiti and street/urban art to Oklahoma. This show highlights muralists from the 70’s to present translating their works to gallery art. “WCMP: Wish You Were Here!” provides Oklahomans with the opportunity to add a piece of New York street art history to their collections while simultaneously contributing to future mural projects.

It’s been a little over a full month since the opening of our Willoughby Windows Project in Downtown Brooklyn. Make sure you stop by soon! Ad Hoc had the opportunity to install art along an entire block of Willoughby Street, it turned into an ambitious creative venture featuring 12 storefronts (88-106 Willoughby) of downtown Brooklyn including installations by 15+ artists.

We plan on rotating the Willoughby Windows exhibit in November, which is when this current one showing will come down. So keep an eye out for updates and be sure to check it out before the opportunity passes!

An ambitious creative venture featuring 12 storefronts on an entire block
(88-106 Willoughby) of downtown Brooklyn which will highlight installations by 15+ artists.
The opening will be a street party on Friday, June 19th, from 2-7pm.
Some of New York’s artistic finest will be representing to the fullest.

Some of the artists included in this event will be:
Ad Hoc Art staff/interns, Cannonball Press, Chris Stain, Cycle, Dennis McNett, Ellis G,
Gaia, Greg Lamarche, John Ahearn, Josh MacPhee, Lady Pink, Logan Hicks,
Michael De Feo, Morning Breath, and Tom Beale.
Also, some very special guests will be documenting our efforts,
including Martha Cooper, Charlie Ahearn, Luna Park, and Art Jones.
The party will be featuring entertainment by
DJ $mall Change, DJ Painted, and Lady Circus.
Food will be provided from local vendors.

COME OUT, enjoy the food, music, art, and artists!
Hope to see you there!

*Also Ad Hoc Art Gallery will be closed on July 10th for this opening, so if you were planning to go to the gallery, come on out to the opening instead!*